May 28, 2020 I used Brooks Landscaping for my front yard in Wyandotte on Biddle despite his quote being $1000 more than Formosas who had just started cutting my grass regularly then. Brooks does not offer grass cutting, or at least didn't then. Formosas quote also included a gravel like parking pad AND specifically said weed barrier included. I used Brooks because Brooks had been close to my brother since childhood and many of the workers are in recovery and doing well. At the time I had recently separated from an addict who had robbed me blind, ruined my credit and shattered my faith in humanity. Very, very stupidly I went with Brooks because I fell DEEPLY for the sales persons recovery story, and I knew of the owners recovery story and I was glad to know people could bounce back after what my ex-husband was experiencing and had put me through but just two weeks after the job was done weeds came back big time!! I had all of this expensive work done ($2995 worth in CASH MONEY) because I was suddenly single and not in good physical health for working in the heat regularly. It was impossible to tend to such a big yard on my own. So I discovered Brooks did NOT use a weed barrier, yes it's true the quote did NOT say weed barrier included but whoever heard of such a thing especially on such a high quote??? My dad had a landscaping license in his younger years and the VERY first thing I learned and did at 2 other properties in my 20s on my own was a weed barrier!!! Never in a million years would I imagine a $2995 quote for getting rid of weeds, bringing in new mulch and planting flowers for a single woman who admitted to being overwhelmed at the work load she was left with would not include a weed barrier! My yard looked just as terrible one month after spending $3000 than it did before AND the company tried to get me to fill out a satisfactory form upon completion, no doubt to boost their online approval rating. I'm thankful I didn't and I didn't because they left without fixing the landscaping bricks the previous owners installed which was actually on the quote. I did include one photo of that. They DID come back to fix that but then poof two weeks later terrible weeds!!! I complained to the owner. I complained to the sales person, I complained to my brother but I never got the weed barrier put in or a refund or even an apology, tho one time someone came and pulled a few weeds by hand. One month after the work when my brother stopped by he had no clue what his pals company had even done!!! The owner complained that his overhead was sky high and he barely cleared anything on the job ( I have documentation). Not my problem that you don't have your overhead under control! I wish I would have gone directly to the better business bureau or whoever the appropriate party is way back then but I wasn't functioning highly due to such heartache in my every day life and my brother was embarrassed and asked me not to post anything and I didn't want to hurt him. I was barely getting dressed. I was extremely depressed, insecure, shocked, hurt and alone. I've bounced back a little bit and now refuse to let people take advantage of me without using my voice! Do yourselves an enormous favor and do not believe any positive reviews that were filled out the day the job was completed by Brooks in regards to landscaping! Once again my home is the worst looking home on the street, even though I put more money into my yard than any of my neighbors have in years!!! I've actually cried about this because my home needs soooo much more work that those funds could have gone to! I wish I would have used Formosas or even slowly did the work myself or not done anything at all! Save yourselves the heartache. I have plenty more images documenting the before, during and after, they all look just as dreadful. A $3000 nightmare that I have to see every day of my life, don't make the same mistake that I did. My yard looks WORSE now one year later. What a nightmare. read more